Two other great Marshall Rogers Batman stories:
(Rogers cover)DC SPECIAL SERIES 15 (BATMAN SPECTACULAR), That has a great text story by Dennis O'Neil, illustrated by Rogers. In addition, it has a Reed/Nasser/Rubinstein Batman story, and another O'Neil/Golden R'as Al Ghul/Batman story.
Classics all, and the Rogers story in particular, in a pulp-narrative style, captures the essence of what the Batman character is about: an avenging, relentless, almost supernatural creature of the night that strikes terror into the heart of criminals, always waiting in the shadows for the proper moment to strike.
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(Starlin cover, Rogers interior story)DETECTIVE COMICS 481. another O'Neil/Rogers collaboration, with a "murder on the Orient Express" quality. One of the best efforts by both Rogers and O'Neil, I fail to understand why this story was omitted from the STRANGE APPARITIONS volume. More fluid and visual than the text story, with far less words, and perhaps better for it.
Two excellent narratives, with widely variant styles, but both definitive Batman stories.
